Anno di produzione: 1939

Stato del film: Catalogo

Paese d'origine: USA
Genere: Musical
Lingue: English
Plot: Prince Peter Karagin, an officer in the Cossack army, sees and hears lovely Lydia Marakova in the cafe Balalaika in St. Petersburg and wants to meet her. When he hears she likes to fraternize with a lower class of people, he gives a student 50 rubles for his clothing. She eventually accepts his persistant presence and they fall in love. Peter uses his influence to get Lydia an audition at the opera house, where she is hired and is scheduled to perform later. The Prince, however, is not aware that she, her father and brother are part of a revolutionary movement. Their mutual deception is quickly shattered when Peter and the Cossacks violently break up a revolutionary rally in the public square, where Lydia's brother is killed. Soon afterwards, she learns that the rebels plan to assassinate Peter and his uncle, General Karagin, at the opera house on opening night, and still in love, she warns Peter not to go to the performance. He cancels the reservations, but General Karagin decides to go, and Peter joins him.
Colonna sonora: - "At the Balalaika" Music by George Posford, adaped by 'Herbert Stothart' (qv) Lyric by Robert Wright and George Forrest Sung by Illona Massey and the Russian Art Choir also sung by Walter Woolf King also sung by 'Nelson Eddy' (qv) - "Tanya" Music and lyrics by Bob Wright and 'Chet Forrest' (qv) Sung by Ilona Massey - "Ride, Cossack, Ride" Music and Lyrics by Bob Wright and 'Chet Forrest' (qv) Sung by 'Nelson Eddy' (qv) and the Russian Cossack Choir - "Shadows on the Sand" Music and Lyrics by Bob Wright and 'Chet Forrest' (qv) - "Magic of Your Love" Written by 'Gus Kahn' (qv) - "Scheherezade" Written by 'Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov' (qv) Used in an opera - "Carmen" Written by Georges Bizet Excerpts sung by 'Nelson Eddy' (qv) and Ilona Massey - "Russian National Anthem" Composer unknown Sung by the audience at the opera house - "Silent Night (Stille Nacht)" Written by Joseph Moore and Franz Gruber Sung in German by 'Nelson Eddy' (qv) and by Austrian soldiers. - "Ochi Tchornya" Traditional ballad Sung by 'Nelson Eddy' (qv)
Visti censura internazionale: Finland:K-16 Sweden:15
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